OTR – Ep 11 – Stine’s Eye Candy

On this episode Bob and Ken interview John Stine, Director of Marketing and Sales at I-Drive 360 and Unicorp National Developments. Stine gives plenty of details about The Orlando Eye and I-Drive 360. He also talks about how mass transit will help I-Drive and what the future of the area will look like. The usual conversation topics of megamall, Polercoaster and Mango’s make their way into the interview. Bob talks about local restaurants and Ken confesses his love for Wawa and Shake Shack. Then they close out the conversation talking about the Mega-McDonalds that Ken thinks is coming soon.

Fountain shows will be 6-8 min every 30 mins, holiday seasons will feature special shows (Christmas, 4th of July, St Patrick’s Day given as examples) Shows will go from mid-afternoon through the late evening.

John Stine- “One of the things we want residents to know, as well as our visitors, is that when you come down to I-Drive 360 one of the great features is and benefits is we’ll be themed up…we’ll be decorated for the holidays, for the season, we’ll have that show to tie into that holiday or that season.”

John Stine- “Central Florida has its own unique landscape…While it’s not New York or London it’s unique in its own right.”

Bob- “The projects that are out there that get worried when competition comes in; that’s wrong. There’s so many tourists that come to Orlando. Let’s just draw more, give them more options which will again will draw more. It’s just a big circle. The more people we can draw the better for Orlando.

KLStorey

Ken Storey has been blogging about life in Central Florida for the past 12 years. As a 2nd generation Central Floridian he has a passion for and connection with the region. In his spare time he enjoys visiting low budget roadside attractions, Taco Bell, and typically plans road trips with as little interstate time as possible.